Stephen Hawking In Young Age
Stephen william hawking ch cbe frs frsa 8 january 1942 14 march 2018 was an english theoretical physicist cosmologist and author who was director of research at the centre for theoretical cosmology at the university of cambridge at the time of his death.
Stephen hawking in young age. Stephen hawking tied the knot with jane on july 14 1965. Professor stephen william hawking was born on 8th january 1942 exactly 300 years after the death of galileo in oxford england. A young stephen hawking would never have made it in today s age of austerity this article is more than 2 years old.
When he was eight his family moved to st. January 8 1942. 8 an age well beyond what he was expected to reach when he was diagnosed with the incurable neurological disease amyotrophic lateral.
One year later at age 21 he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis als lou gehrig s disease. At a new year s party in 1963 hawking met a young languages undergraduate named jane wilde. A post shared by stephen hawking young stephen hawking young on jan 6 2017 at 1 22pm pst by 1967 the couple welcomed a son robert hawking.
He was a social young man. Albans a town about 20 miles north of london. Renowned physicist stephen hawking turns 76 today jan.
His father a well known researcher in tropical medicine urged his son to seek a career in medicine but stephen found. Born in oxford england on january 8 1942 stephen hawking showed interest and passion about science from an early age. Their daughter lucy hawking was born in in 1970 and their youngest timothy hawking was born in 1979.
Oxford england english scientist physicist and mathematician british physicist and mathematician stephen hawking has made fundamental contributions to the science of cosmology the study of the origins structure and space time relationships of the universe. At seventeen he entered oxford university and in 1962 hawking moved to cambridge university for phd in cosmology. They were married in 1965.
The couple gave birth to a son robert in 1967 and a daughter lucy in 1970. At the age of 21 years old hawking was given two years to live. In 1963 theoretical physicist stephen hawking was diagnosed with motor neurone disease also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis als which is a progressive condition that attacks the nerves in the brain and spinal cord.
